Richard Branson on Trump’s coal plans: ‘I can’t think of anything more stupid’
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The Washington Post
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🗓️ 2 May 2017
⏱️ 34 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there it's Jonathan K Parton. Welcome to K-Pup. Before he took to the streets in the |
| 0:07.0 | climate march, Sir Richard Branson sat down with me for a Washington Post live |
| 0:11.0 | event to discuss climate change, space travel, the airline |
| 0:14.3 | industry, and his kiteboarding contest with his best bud Barack Obama. But before |
| 0:19.3 | any of that, the British billionaire took issue with my tie and you can hear what went down right now. Wow. |
| 0:35.0 | Look at all these people, Sir Richard. |
| 0:40.0 | You are in town to march in the climate March tomorrow. |
| 0:45.0 | Before we talk about that, yeah. |
| 0:47.0 | Anytime I go on stage, I normally bring a pair. |
| 0:54.6 | Your assistant actually gave me this |
| 0:56.2 | to saying that your tie should be cut off, |
| 0:58.2 | but he's got a very nice, he's got a very, |
| 1:00.4 | he's got a very nice tie, so I think I'll think I'll be. |
| 1:09.0 | We'll spare you. |
| 1:10.0 | All right. Oh, okay. |
| 1:14.0 | All right, all right, all right. |
| 1:15.0 | All right. |
| 1:17.0 | I can't get that one. |
| 1:18.0 | Okay. |
| 1:19.0 | Well, on behalf of my tie drawer, I thank you, but Ermes is probably upset because they just |
| 1:28.7 | lost that on getting a new tie. |
| 1:30.8 | Well, with that that you can. |
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